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Streamlining Access: Unveiling the Benefits of Single Sign-On (SSO)

Cloud, Security / Boris Kagan / Leave a Comment

In the fast-paced digital landscape, where individuals juggle multiple online accounts and applications, the concept of Single Sign-On (SSO) emerges as a game-changer. SSO simplifies the user experience by allowing individuals to access multiple applications with a single set of credentials. In this blog post, we explore the numerous benefits of adopting Single Sign-On and […]

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Safeguarding the Digital Realm: A Guide to IT Security

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In our increasingly digitized world, the importance of robust IT security cannot be overstated. As businesses, organizations, and individuals become more reliant on technology, the need to protect sensitive information from cyber threats has never been more critical. This blog post aims to provide a comprehensive guide to IT security, offering insights into best practices,

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SCCM randomly fails to join domain and install applications on some computer models

SCCM / Boris Kagan / 3 Comments

An issue has occured recently in our environment where some computer models, in our case Dell Precision T7600 models, sometimes fail to join the domain during an imaging task sequence, but do not fail the task sequence until they get to the first “Install Applications” step in the sequence. Computers that fail in this way

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Cryptocurrency Mining Rig Build – Feb 2018

Hardware / Boris Kagan / Leave a Comment

I was recently tasked with putting together a GPU mining setup for a client with a $1500 budget and certain requirements. I am sharing the component list used for the build here so that anyone else with a similar budget and similar requirements can have an idea of what to select for their system. This

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SCCM Client Cache Configuration Improved Powershell Script

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In the past I posted how to configure or clear the SCCM client cache using Powershell scripts, but that method required a separate script for each cache size you might want to set. This new script allows on-the-fly modification of the CCM Cache from a task sequence using a single SCCM package containing this new

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Powershell Shortcut Generator Script

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I created this script for use with SCCM to allow easy creation of shortcuts during deployment for applications that do not create their own shortcut, or for portable applications that are not actually installed. The powershell script can be called upon from the “Run Command Line” step of a task sequence, and the script should

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Issues Backing Up Bitlocker Keys to AD on Surface Pro 4

Miscellaneous / Boris Kagan / Leave a Comment

I recently had to encrypt a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 using Bitlocker, and in our environment that means backing up the key to Active Directory. However, after the Surface was encrypted, running the “manage-bde -protectors -get C:” command showed it only had a TPM PCR Validation Profile, and was missing the Numerical Password ID that

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